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Iza has not seen the sunflowers by Vincent Van Gogh before she painted (colored) this, not even after she has done. She started with flat green, purple and orange strokes ... i tried ... to advise ... her ... using short strokes with thick paints ... she got irritated. She started to doodle ... oh my little master ... the outcome is stunning.I learnt. To leave her alone. Not to lead. Not to guide. Just watch her. I'm not as liberal as a child can be. I've got preconceptions on this painting. My mind is set, and framed. I learnt. Our child is our lead.( Iza bought this canvas with a sketch printed on at a mini flea/flower market at school last Friday. Without any advice by grow ups, she did choose this with the other 2 blank canvas. Not like the other kids, she did not spend a cent on toys. )

Thanks dear Fei An for your recommendation! I watched this interview of luanke卢安克. (click on to view the video)

卢安克 is a volunteer teacher in a remote village in China. To me, he is a teacher of life. There are a lot of inspiring materials in hisblog, deep thoughts on education.He has translated into Chinese a number of books byRudolf Steiner which are free to download. ( I yelled when I saw this, not because it's free, because, it's rare. Rare in the sense that Steiner's works, no matter in press or print, are scarcein HK. When I calm down, I think free is a clue. Free is to spread the message across this land )卢安克 has provided we Chinese such a valuable source onSteiner's ideas on educationand an incredible important message on bringing up our children.